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Parshvanath Jain Temples, Varanasi

Bhelupur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh · 25.2995°, 82.9999°

Parshvanatha, the 23rd TirthankaraUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A cluster of three Jain shrines at Bhelupur in Varanasi — a Digambara temple, a Shvetambara temple and the Parshvanatha–Padmavati temple. The Digambara shrine's worshipped black stone image of Parshvanatha, about 75 cm high, belongs to a group of sculptures found here dating from the 9th to 11th centuries CE.

Sthala katha — the legend

Jains identify Bhelupur as the place of three of Parshvanatha's kalyanakas — his conception, birth and renunciation — in the city his father King Ashvasena is said to have ruled.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined